# VeriRouteIntel, top-up from $5, Pay per use, POST /api/v1/lrn: Phone validation API

> Phone intelligence for developers — carrier, caller ID, line type & spam via a pay-as-you-go API. Single or bulk, no subscription.

VeriRouteIntel's phone validation API on its Pay per use plan. It costs $0.50 per 1,000 phones. It returns 4 of the 9 key fields we check. 3 are in the plan's price: Number, Carrier, Place. 1 costs extra: Owner.
We haven't run VeriRouteIntel through [our phone validation API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-phone-validation-api.txt) yet.
Half of the 935 plans we rank by price cost $3.96 per 1,000 phones or less. This plan costs less per 1,000 phones than 77% of the 935 plans.
[Botoi's $199 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/botoi/199-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 phones: as little as $0.0066. Botoi's $199 monthly plan covers up to 1,000,000 phones a day.
[Data247](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/data247/12-pack-membership-get-v3-0-verify247-phone/llms.txt), [Foxentry](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/foxentry/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-phone-validate-validate-phone-number-extended/llms.txt) and [HLR Lookups](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/hlr-lookups/top-up-1-1m-post-hlr-lookup/llms.txt) are the best phone validation API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/verirouteintel/top-up-from-5-pay-per-use-post-api-v1-lrn
- [Phone validation API: the best of 40+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-phone-validation-api.txt)
- Get it: https://verirouteintel.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://verirouteintel.com/api/v1/lrn`
- API key: with the plan, on https://verirouteintel.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://verirouteintel.com/api-docs/lrn/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing#api-methods
- Sold by: VeriRouteIntel (https://verirouteintel.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

- Completeness: 44%
- Number: ✓
- Carrier: ✓
- Place: ✓
- Owner: ✓ costs more

## Price

- $ per 1,000 phones: $0.50
- Per: call
- Billing: pay first

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Extra fields: messaging provider, messaging enabled, messaging country, messaging country code, messaging reference ID: +$0.90 · caller name: +$6.00 · spam, robocall, scam, spam type, reputation score, trust level, trust last updated: +$7.00
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Bulk LRN lookup · CNAM lookup · Bulk CNAM lookup · Messaging provider lookup

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Phone intelligence for developers — carrier, caller ID, line type & spam via a pay-as-you-go API. Single or bulk, no subscription.

## Data

- Countries: United States, Canada
- What it checks: numbering plan, carrier
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Usage of First Light Holdings's APIs and data is granted, given that the Client does not engage in the following activities: Reverse engineer or attempt to extract the source code from any API or any related software, except to the extent that this restriction is expressly prohibited by applicable law. Interfere with, abuse, or disrupt the APIs or the servers or networks providing the APIs. Sublicense an API for use by a third party. Consequently, you will not create an API Client that functions substantially the same as the APIs and offer it for use by third parties without written approval from First Light Holdings. Use the APIs to replicate or compete with core products or services offered by First Light Holdings without written approval. Use the APIs for any activities where the use or failure of the APIs could lead to death, personal injury, or environmental damage. Exceed API call limits or circumvent rate-limiting measures imposed by First Light Holdings. Use the API or Services in any manner that violates applicable laws or regulations, including, but not limited to, those concerning data privacy, telecommunications (such as the TCPA), and consumer protection. You are responsible for ensuring your use of any data obtained through the API complies with all such laws. [...]

## Plan

- Pay: $5
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 100
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: phone_number. Optional: lrn_only, include_enhanced_lrn, messaging_lookup, include_cnam, include_trust
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v1/lrn

## About the plan

- Plan: Pay per use
- Who can get it: anyone with an email address

## The 14 fields the plan's answer can hold

phone number, LRN, LRN activation date, carrier, carrier type, city, state, ZIP code, county, country code, time zone, rate center, LATA, OCN

## VeriRouteIntel's plans (2)

- [VeriRouteIntel, top-up from $5, Pay per use, POST /api/v1/lrn](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/verirouteintel/top-up-from-5-pay-per-use-post-api-v1-lrn/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 44% complete
- [VeriRouteIntel, contact us, Enterprise, POST /api/v1/lrn](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/verirouteintel/contact-us-enterprise-post-api-v1-lrn/llms.txt): 33% complete

## VeriRouteIntel's calls (5)

- `POST /api/v1/cnam/bulk`: [VeriRouteIntel, top-up from $5, Pay per use, POST /api/v1/cnam/bulk](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/verirouteintel/top-up-from-5-pay-per-use-post-api-v1-cnam-bulk/llms.txt)
- `POST /api/v1/lrn/bulk`: [VeriRouteIntel, top-up from $5, Pay per use, POST /api/v1/lrn/bulk](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/verirouteintel/top-up-from-5-pay-per-use-post-api-v1-lrn-bulk/llms.txt)
- `POST /api/v1/cnam`: [VeriRouteIntel, top-up from $5, Pay per use, POST /api/v1/cnam](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/verirouteintel/top-up-from-5-pay-per-use-post-api-v1-cnam/llms.txt)
- `POST /api/v1/lrn`: [VeriRouteIntel, top-up from $5, Pay per use, POST /api/v1/lrn](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/verirouteintel/top-up-from-5-pay-per-use-post-api-v1-lrn/llms.txt)
- `POST /api/v1/messaging`: [VeriRouteIntel, top-up from $5, Pay per use, POST /api/v1/messaging](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/verirouteintel/top-up-from-5-pay-per-use-post-api-v1-messaging/llms.txt)

## VeriRouteIntel's APIs (1)

- [VeriRouteIntel: phone validation API pricing, 2 plans, POST /api/v1/lrn](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/verirouteintel/top-up-from-5-pay-per-use-post-api-v1-lrn/llms.txt)

## VeriRouteIntel: phone validation API alternatives

- [APIFreaks, $20 pack, One-Off 80,000 credits, POST /phone/validation/bulk](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/apifreaks/20-pack-one-off-80000-credits-post-phone-validation-bulk/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 67% complete, stored
- [ReefAPI, $450 quarterly, Enterprise quarterly, POST /phone-validate/v1/validate](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/reefapi/450-quarterly-enterprise-quarterly-post-phone-validate-v1-validate/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 67% complete, stored
- [ZelNum, $1,000 pack, Pay as you go, $1,000 top-up, POST /detect, Phone Status Check](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/zelnum/1000-pack-pay-as-you-go-1000-top-up-post-detect-phone-status-check/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 11% complete
- [CheckNumber.AI, top-up from $20, Pay as you go, POST /v1/tasks, Line Checker](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/checknumber-ai/top-up-from-20-pay-as-you-go-post-v1-tasks-line-checker/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 11% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-05.

- https://verirouteintel.com/api-docs/faq?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://verirouteintel.com/api-docs/lrn/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://verirouteintel.com/api-docs/lrn/enhanced?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://verirouteintel.com/api-docs/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://verirouteintel.com/api-docs/quick-reference?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://verirouteintel.com/api-docs/rate-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://verirouteintel.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing
- https://verirouteintel.com/terms-and-conditions?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=phone-validation-api-pricing